

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 2004
Developed by EA Los Angeles
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Fantasy, Warfare
The players control the heroes or villians from the famous Lord of The Rings movies. With a hero characters similar to the Warcraft series you control both the armies and all the unique heroes. The game follows the movies very closely and even got scenes from the films appear in game. Not only does the game contain a giant campaign where you play through the journey of the ring as the good side, the game also features an evil campaign where as the players play as the evil forces of Middle Earth. With multiple diffrent races from all over Middle Earth, a giant spell tree to customize your game and a unique basebuilding layout the game was great for its time.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyFantasyWarfareorcswizardsmagicconstructiontolkienlord of the ringselveshorsearcherymythologyreal-timewarPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Earnest, epic, plot-driven and grave.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- EA Los Angeles
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- December 6, 2004
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- SAGE
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 254 ratings.
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